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I have no water cooling on my TC. Never did. Came from the factory that way. Original turbo, 24 years, 130,000ish miles, an engine rebuild (hot weather and a heavy-footed father didn't get along we...
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I believe '85 is the changeover. My '85 Merkur has the square intake, and I've heard that some '85s had squares and others had inlines. Note that '85 Merks switched turbos halfway through the year t...
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First off:
http://www.turboford.org/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=4;t=000248
That's actually for putting a T3 on an IHI-equipped TC rather than the other way around. However, it's pretty much ...
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Just checking, you did the compression test with all plugs out, right? Otherwise, you could have a bad leak between 1 & 2, but it wouldn't look as bad if you tested 1 with the plug still in 2 and 2 w...
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I've been wondering if the frail hubs/lugs are common to European-origin Fords. Contour/Mystiques have the crappiest lugs I've ever seen -- 80ft-lb will tear one in two. They're supposed to be torqu...
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I've been wondering if the frail hubs/lugs are common to European-origin Fords. Contour/Mystiques have the crappiest lugs I've ever seen -- 80ft-lb will tear one in two. They're supposed to be torqu...
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I've been wondering if the frail hubs/lugs are common to European-origin Fords. Contour/Mystiques have the crappiest lugs I've ever seen -- 80ft-lb will tear one in two. They're supposed to be torqu...
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I've been wondering if the frail hubs/lugs are common to European-origin Fords. Contour/Mystiques have the crappiest lugs I've ever seen -- 80ft-lb will tear one in two. They're supposed to be torqu...
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Stock wastegates are set for 10psi, as I recall. (I seem to remember that boost can creep a bit higher than that, so that'd be how you'd hit 11psi.)
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*stab in the dark*
Cam timing? Timing belt might've jumped a tooth. Otherwise, yeah, try a cylinder drop test.
Either way, you almost certainly got a bunch of unburned gas in the cat and that's how ...
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*stab in the dark*
Cam timing? Timing belt might've jumped a tooth. Otherwise, yeah, try a cylinder drop test.
Either way, you almost certainly got a bunch of unburned gas in the cat and that's how ...
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*stab in the dark*
Cam timing? Timing belt might've jumped a tooth. Otherwise, yeah, try a cylinder drop test.
Either way, you almost certainly got a bunch of unburned gas in the cat and that's how ...
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*stab in the dark*
Cam timing? Timing belt might've jumped a tooth. Otherwise, yeah, try a cylinder drop test.
Either way, you almost certainly got a bunch of unburned gas in the cat and that's how ...
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Trashline, I suspect you'll win... If I end up taking the motor apart, it'll be time for some real work -- the poor thing's got 222k miles on it.
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Trashline, I suspect you'll win... If I end up taking the motor apart, it'll be time for some real work -- the poor thing's got 222k miles on it.
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Trashline, I suspect you'll win... If I end up taking the motor apart, it'll be time for some real work -- the poor thing's got 222k miles on it.
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Trashline, I suspect you'll win... If I end up taking the motor apart, it'll be time for some real work -- the poor thing's got 222k miles on it.
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Hey, trashline, you picked a great time to break your car! :stickpoke:
I'm having a similar problem with my '87TC and now I don't even have to search or start my own thread until I try all the sugg...
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Hey, trashline, you picked a great time to break your car! :stickpoke:
I'm having a similar problem with my '87TC and now I don't even have to search or start my own thread until I try all the sugg...
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Hey, trashline, you picked a great time to break your car! :stickpoke:
I'm having a similar problem with my '87TC and now I don't even have to search or start my own thread until I try all the sugg...
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